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DAVID EDWARD FINLEY 

(Late a Representative from South Carolina) 



MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



DELIVERED IN THE 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE 

OF THE UNITED STATES 






SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS 
SECOND SESSION 



Proceedings in the House 
February 25, 1917 



Proceedings in the Senate 
February 25, 1917 



PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 
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WASHINGTON 
1917 










D. of D. 
FEB 26 1918 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page. 

Proceedings in the House 5 

Prayer by Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D 7 

Memorial addresses by — 

Mr. Wyatt Aiken, of South Carolina 9 

Mr. James T. Lloyd, of Missouri 11 

Mr. James F. Byrnes, of South Carolina 13 

Mr. Champ Clark, of Missouri 19 

Mr. Halvor Steenerson, of Minnesota 21 

Mr. J. Willard Ragsdale, of South Carolina 26 

Mr. Julius Kahn, of California 28 

Mr. Richard S. Whaley, of South Carolina 30 

Mr. Thomas M. Bell, of Georgia 32 

Mr. Samuel J. Nicholls, of South Carolina 37 

Mr. William S. Goodwin, of Arkansas 40 

Mr. Paul G. McCorkle, of South Carolina 44 

Mr. Asbury F. Lever, of South Carolina 46 

Proceedings in the Senate 59 

Memorial addresses by — 

Mr. Ellison D. Smith, of South Carolina 63 

Mr. John W. Weeks, of Massachusetts 66 

Mr. Joseph T. Robinson, of Arkansas 68 

Mr. Bert M. Fernald, of Maine 72 

Mr. Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina 74 



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DEATH OF HON. DAVID EDWARD FINLEY 



Proceedings in the House 

Friday, January 26, 1917. 

Mr. Lever. Mr. Speaker, it is my sad duty to announce 
to this House the death of Hon. David Edward Finley, a 
Member of the House from South Carolina. Mr. Finley's 
death took place at 12.30 o'clock to-day in a sanitarium 
at Charlotte, N. C. I shall ask the House to set aside a 
date later when proper tribute may be paid to the char- 
acter of the distinguished deceased. At this time I offer 
the following resolution. 

The Speaker. The Clerk will report the resolution. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

House resolution 470 

Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of 
the death of Hon. David Edward Finley, a Representative from 
the State of South Carolina. 

Resolved, That a committee of 18 Members, with such Members 
of the Senate as may be joined, be appointed to attend the funeral. 

Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms of the House be authorized 
and directed to take such steps as may be necessary for carrying 
out the provisions of these resolutions, and that the necessary 
expenses in connection therewith be paid out of the contingent 
fund of the House. 

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. 

The resolution was agreed to; and the Speaker an- 
nounced as the committee on the part of the House Messrs. 
Lever, Aiken, Byrnes of South Carolina, Bailey, Ragsdale, 

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Nicholls of South Carolina, Moon, Lloyd, Bell, Cox, Black- 
mon, Goodwin of Arkansas, Mann, Steenerson, Madden, 
Kahn, Britt, and Wason. 

Mr. Lever. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
the Speaker of the House, Hon. Champ Clark, may be 
added to this committee of Members delegated to attend 
the funeral. 

The Speaker. The gentleman asks that the Speaker's 
name be added to this list. Is there objection? 

There was no objection. 

The Speaker. The Clerk will report the remaining reso- 
lution. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect this House do now 
adjourn. 

The resolution was agreed to; accordingly (at 5 o'clock 
and 43 minutes p. m.) the House adjourned until to- 
morrow, Saturday, January 27, 1917, at 11 o'clock a. m. 

Saturday, January 27, 1917. 
A message from the Senate, by Mr. Waldorf, its en- 
rolling clerk, announced that the Senate had passed the 
following resolutions: 

Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow the 
announcement of the death of Hon. David E. FlNLBY, late a Repre- 
sentative from the State of South Carolina. 

Resolved, That a committee of six Senators be appointed by the 
Vice President to join a committee appointed on the part of the 

House of Representatives to take order for superintending; the 
funeral of tiie deceased Representative. 

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to 
;ii< House of Representatives ami transmit a copy thereof to the 

family of the deceased. 

Resolved, That a- .' further mark of respect to the nieinor\ of 

the deceased the Senate do now adjourn. 






Proceedings in the House 



And that the Presiding Officer, under the second resolu- 
tion, had appointed as the committee on the part of the 
Senate Mr. Tillman, Mr. Smith of South Carolina, Mr. 
Ashurst, Mr. Vardaman, Mr. Walsh, and Mr. Fernald. 

Monday, February 5, 1917. 
Mr. Lever. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
Sunday, February 25, 1917, be set aside for the paying of 
tribute to the life and character of the late Representative 

FlNLEY. 

The Speaker. Is there objection? 

There was no objection. 

Friday, February 23, 1917. 

The Speaker. The Chair assigns Mr. Lever, of South 
Carolina, to preside Sunday over the funeral services. 

Sunday, February 25, 1917. 

The House met at 12 o'clock noon, and was called to 
order by the Speaker pro tempore [Mr. Lever]. 

The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered 
the following prayer : 

Our Father in heaven, the same yesterday, to-day, and 
forever, increase our faith and confidence in Thee that 
we may be reassured of the eternal values, as we here 
assemble to take cognizance of the life, character, and 
public service of two deceased Members of the Congress 
of the United States, that their work may live as an 
inspiration to those who shall come after them. The good 
men do becomes immortal, since it is woven into the 
tissues of the soul. Quicken all that is truest and best 
in us that we may leave behind us a worthy record and 
build for ourselves a character which shall stand the test 
of time and eternity. Be graciously near to the colleagues, 
friends, and stricken families of those who have passed 



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to the beyond, and encourage them to hope for a brighter 
day in that realm where sorrows shall be forever banished 
and love reign supreme. And glory and praise be Thine 
through Him who said, " He that believeth on me shall 
never die." Amen. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

On motion of Mr. Lever, by unanimous consent, 

Ordered, That Sunday, February 25, 1917, be set apart for 

addresses upon the life, character, and public services of Hon. 

David E. Finley, late a Representative of the State of South 

Carolina. 

Mr. Aiken. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolu- 
tions. 

The Speaker pro tempore. The Clerk will report the 
resolutions. 

The Clerk read as follows : 

Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended 
that opportunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon. 
David E. Finley, late a Member of this House from the State of 
South Carolina. 

Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory 
of the deceased and in recognition of his distinguished public 
career the House, at the conclusion of the exercises of this day, 
shall stand adjourned. 

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
Senate. 

Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the 
family of the deceased. 

The question was taken, and the resolutions were unani- 
mously agreed to. 






MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



Address of Mr. Aiken, of South Carolina 

Mr. Speaker: The success or failure of human life is 
measured not by years but by deeds. Those who find a 
place in history may have wisely used a single opportunity 
or they may have climbed, inch by inch, by means of that 
precision of judgment, that mental poise which compel 
success. To this latter class belonged our dear and 
lamented friend, David Edward Finley, in respect to 
whose memory we have assembled here to-day, solemnly 
to record our last affectionate tributes. 

Mr. Finley was the dean of the South Carolina delega- 
tion, and as this term implies a kind of paternal interest 
of a senior in the welfare of his coworkers of shorter 
service it likewise permits greater freedom in counseling 
with his coworkers. It is to his credit that he never at- 
tempted to use his seniority for selfish purposes, but as 
an elder brother he was the harmonizer of any little mis- 
understandings that might have arisen between members 
of our delegation. 

While our friend was cut off in the prime of life, it has 
been given to few men to have served State and Nation so 
long, so faithfully, and so conspicuously. When a young 
man he served for several years in both branches of the 
legislature of his beloved Carolina and he has been elected 
nine times, consecutively, to this body. Death found him 
at his post of duty. 

Sad and even terrible as death is to finite comprehen- 
sion, viewed as a part of the plan of an All-Wise Provi- 
dence, we must assume that it is never ill-timed. The 
Husbandman knows best when the grain should be gar- 
nered. 

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Our departed friend has tasted again and again of that 
well-merited applause that has been given so bountifully 
by an admiring, yea, a loving constituency. He has been 
spared the cup of disappointment that sooner or later 
comes to most men in public life, no matter how unselfish 
or how devoted has been their service. 

For nearly a quarter of a century he has been an 
architect in the building of this Nation, in the most mo- 
mentous period of its history. He was spared the engulf- 
ing horrors of the world war that even now is knocking 
at our door and that may upset the constructive legisla- 
tion passed in this country during the last half century. 
He lived through the morning, through the warm and 
glowing noontide, and even into the lengthening shadows 
of the evening. Then may we not say with the poet: 

Sunset and evening star, and after that the dark, 

And may there be no mourning at the bar when I embark. 

But, " He was my friend, faithful and just to me." He 
was the friend of hundreds of others in this body. His 
affable disposition, his frank and manly bearing, his hon- 
esty, his courage and independence, his splendid ability, 
his faithfulness to family, friends, and duty, his charity 
of opinion made him a general favorite. We can not see 
bim across the open grave. We can not interpret the 
mystery of Providence that lias taken him away. We see 
" through a glass darkly," but looking backward we re- 
call the many endearing associations that melt the heart 

with pity and open the fountains of the soul. 
M The siars go down to rise upon a fairer shore." While 

We may not see them beyond the horizon we do nol doubt 
the fact Looking through our tears inav we nol hope 
thai the spirit of OUT dear departed friend has found its 
setting beyond the shadows in the bosom of a merciful 
Savior. 



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Address of Mr. Lloyd, of Missouri 

Mr. Speaker: It is with genuine sorrow that I contem- 
plate the death of David E. Finley. I knew him inti- 
mately for nearly 18 years. We were genuine friends. I 
had opportunity to learn of his splendid characteristics 
and of his slight shortcomings as well. There was not as 
much of imperfection in his life as is found with most of 
us who survive him. He was a man of strictest integrity, 
honest, and reliable in every regard. He was a man of 
splendid intellect. His education was largely that which 
comes from careful study of environment and current 
events. He was a man of unusual poise, more so when I 
first knew him than in the last three or four years. During 
this later period he had much more of affliction than 
his colleagues knew. He seldom referred to his own ills, 
but was at all times pleasant and courteous to his asso- 
ciates. 

Mr. Finley, in his official career, became something of 
an expert in postal matters. For 16 years he was a mem- 
ber of the Post Office and Post Roads Committee of the 
House. But few, if any, of his associates knew as much 
of the intricate workings of the Post Office Department in 
all of its branches as he did. He was especially consider- 
ate of the welfare and proper compensation of the em- 
ployees. He had taken unusual interest in the develop- 
ment of the Rural Delivery Service, and saw its growth to 
its present enormous proportion. He was a factor in 
framing the postal savings bank law and parcel post legis- 
lation, and, in fact, has been active in connection with all 
the legislation affecting the Postal Service during his ca- 
reer in Congress. 

Mr. Finley interested himself in all legislation, and had 
decided conviction about every public question. He was 

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a conscientious advocate of what he thought was best for 
the country. 

Mr. Finley was devoted to his family and friends. He 
had frequently expressed his solicitude for his family and 
had spoken of them with the greatest affection. He, more 
than once, expressed the hope that he might live to see his 
children educated and in successful business. His am- 
bition in this regard was not fully realized, but was 
nearly so. 

Mr. Finley was a firm believer in the Christian religion 
and devoted to the tenets of his church. In one of his last 
conversations with me he said, " I am not living in every 
particular as I should, but no one has a more abiding 
faith in Christ as the Savior of the world than I have. I 
believe the Bible is inspired of God." 

It is strange, from our standpoint, that a man in the 
prime of life with such capabilities should be called hence, 
but if we believe in and accept the truth of the Bible these 
conditions, which we can not explain, work out in the end 
for the real good of mankind. 

At Mr. Finley's home town, York, S. C, there seemed to 
be every evidence of the genuine affection on the part of 
those who knew him best. He lived in an ideal southern 
home, surrounded by that simplicity and hospitality which 
is only found in the southern city. With the simplest 
burial services, on an ideal day. Mr. Finley was laid at 
rest in B beautiful cemetery near his home. His life work 
is done, but his life is not ended, for he will live in the 

memory Of those who knew him and who have learned of 
his deeds long alter this feneration shall have passed 
away. 



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Address of Mr. Byrnes, of South Carolina 

Mr. Speaker: Of the six men who with myself con- 
stituted the South Carolina delegation in this House in 
the Sixty-second Congress three have departed this life. 
First we lost our beloved friend George Legare; then, in 
November, 1916, Ed Ellerbe, who is so pleasantly remem- 
bered by his colleagues, passed away; and now our good 
friend Judge Finley has left us. Mr. Speaker, I loved 
these three men, and to-day, as I recall my pleasant asso- 
ciation with them in this body, I am overwhelmed in 
sadness. 

To his colleagues from South Carolina, as well as his 
friends from other States, the announcement of Mr. Fin- 
ley's death, on January 26 last, came as a shock, for while 
we knew that he was ill we did not dream that his illness 
was so serious as to endanger his life. And, Mr. Speaker, 
the universal expression of genuine and sincere sorrow 
that greeted the sad announcement in this Chamber tes- 
tified most eloquently to his great personal popularity 
with his colleagues. 

David Edward Finley was born at Trenton, Ark., on 
February 28, 1861. His father was David M. Finley, and 
his mother, prior to her marriage, was Elizabeth Mcll- 
waine. They were South Carolinians, and when their son 
was but 4 years of age they returned to York County, S. C. 
While Mr. Finley was but a child both his parents died, 
and he was reared by his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. 
John Campbell. He was educated in the common schools 
of the county, and later attended the South Carolina Col- 
lege, from the law department of which he graduated in 

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1885. He immediately entered upon the practice of law 
at Yorkville and quickly became a successful practitioner. 
In 1889 he was married to Miss Elizabeth L. Gist, of 
Yorkville. 

Mr. Finley early in life became active in politics and in 
1890 he was a candidate for the house of representatives 
in the general assembly. The Democratic Party in 1890 
was split into two factions as separate and distinct as are 
the two great parties of the Nation to-day. Mr. Finley 
aligned himself with what was known as the reform fac- 
tion and was elected to the legislature. After serving two 
years as a member of the house he became a candidate 
for the State senate in 1892 and was elected. In 1898 he 
was elected to Congress and from that day until the day 
of his death he continued to represent the fifth congres- 
sional district of South Carolina in this House. Had he 
lived until March 4 he would have completed a service of 
18 years, a congressional career longer than that of any 
man who has ever represented the State of South Carolina 
in this body, and remarkably long in view of the fact that 
he was opposed every two years by strong men who sought 
the Democratic nomination. Last year he again went be- 
fore his people seeking reelection and after a bitter con- 
test he was reelected by a substantial majority to represent 
his district in the Sixty-filth Congress. I must say that I 
rejoice that this is true, for Mr. Finley was a proud man 
and I sincerely believe thai if, alter his long years of 
service, he had been defeated he would have died with a 
broken heart But Once more crowned with the loyalty 
and fidelity of the people he loved dearly I know in his 
hist hours of consciousness his heart vent out in gratitude 
to the good people who had so signally honored him. 

If I attempted to make any extended reference to the 

legislative achievements of Mr. FlNLEl in this House I 
would consume more lime than I desire. 1 could refer to 



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Address of Mr. Byrnes, of South Carolina 

his service on the Committee on the Post Office and Post 
Roads, where as the ranking Democrat he shared with 
the distinguished chairman of that committee the labor 
and honor incident to the development of the postal sys- 
tem during the last six years. I can truthfully say that I 
believe that he was the best friend the rural free-delivery 
carriers of the Nation had in this House and that he was 
equally loyal to the city letter carriers. But, Mr. Speaker, 
I believe that if these exercises are to serve their purpose 
something more than these facts should be recorded. All 
men are born, live, and die. Many attain success in their 
life's work, but only a few are selected from among their 
fellows for honor and distinction, and I believe that on an 
occasion of this kind we should endeavor to record and 
emphasize those traits of character which caused the de- 
ceased to attain distinction and success. I believe the 
dominant features of Mr. Finley's character were his 
courage and independence of thought. He was first 
elected to office at a time when men of courage and of 
independence were in demand in South Carolina, and I 
have not the slightest doubt that his early success was due 
to the recognition by his people of these commendable 
virtues. Early in his career in the legislature of his State 
he demonstrated his independence. Though his sym- 
pathies were with the reform faction he refused to be 
bound by them and refused to enter a caucus of that 
faction," declaring it to be wrong for one group of Demo- 
crats to caucus against another group of Democrats. He 
was an old-time dyed-in-the-wool Democrat who believed 
so ardently in the doctrine of State rights that he gave the 
name of " State Rights " to one of the five sons who to-day 
mourn his death. 

Mr. Speaker, those of us who knew him intimately have 
always admired his independence and courage. No 
stronger illustration of these traits of his character could 

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be given than his attitude on the Panama Canal tolls 
question, when President Wilson asked Congress to re- 
verse its action exempting vessels engaged in coastwise 
trade from the payment of tolls. We can all recall what 
a bitter contest was waged in this House on that ques- 
tion. Mr. Finley was one of those who in order to com- 
ply with the request of the President would have to 
reverse himself. Notwithstanding the request of the 
President was unanimously approved of by the press of 
South Carolina, and notwithstanding the fact that his 
friends, who believed he would injure himself politi- 
cally, pleaded with him to change, he stuck to his posi- 
tion and voted against the request of the President and 
against the majority of his party. In his speech on 
that measure he ably defended his position, declaring 
that he stood by the Democratic platform, and, among 
other things, said : 

The President has performed his duty as he views it. I, as a 
Member of the United States Congress, have my duty to perform, 
and while it is with great regret that it will not be in support of 
the President's position and in accord with the views of many of 
my friends, I must vote according to the dictates of my own con- 
science. While, on account of weaknesses such as the flesh is 
heir to, I, in the opinion of some, may not have always been able 
U) live up to the standard, yet my admiration is unbounded for the 
man described in the last clause of the fourth verse of the fifteenth 
Psalm. 

Mr. Speaker, it is indicative of the character of Mr. 

Finley thai he should look to the Scriptures tor his ideal 

of B man. The clause referred to reads as follows: "He 

thai Bweareth to his own hurt and changeth Dot." That 

wafl liis idea of a man, and though he believed in this 
canal-lolls matter that he was acting to " liis own hurt." 
he changed not It must be said of him during all his 
can i v in (his House he never hesitated to declare his 

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Address of Mr. Byrnes, of South Carolina 

position on any question, regardless of the effect it might 
have upon his political fortunes. 

Mr. Speaker, I shall ever miss my friend Judge Finley. 
I know not how he acquired the title of " Judge," but it 
was thus that I always addressed him. In turn he always 
called me " Bud," and I think it accurately typified the 
fatherly interest he displayed in me, and for that matter 
in all of the younger men in our delegation. It is inevi- 
table that among Members serving from the same State 
there should at times arise some conflict of interest, some 
conflict of ambitions, and whenever it can be truly said, 
as it can of Mr. Finley, that he was loved by every mem- 
ber of his own delegation, it is indeed an eloquent tribute 
to the personal side of his character. With us he was 
always fair, and he was always square. He was thought- 
ful, and he was generous. He never attempted to pro- 
mote his own interest if in so doing he worked an in- 
jury to any one of his colleagues. Instead of courting pub- 
licity he avoided it, but whenever as chairman of our dele- 
gation he thought it incumbent upon him to issue a state- 
ment to the press as to the attitude of the delegation on 
any pending measure we knew that he would scrupu- 
lously guard the interests of each and every one of us. It 
is not surprising that such a man was loved by his col- 
leagues. 

But, Mr. Speaker, while the confidence and respect of 
our colleagues is desirable, even more desirable is the con- 
tinued confidence and love of one's neighbors at home, the 
people among whom a man lives, and who by reason of 
their daily contact with him are best able to judge what 
manner of man he is. The place Judge Finley occupied 
in the affections of his neighbors was readily appreciated 
by those who attended his funeral services at York and 
saw the thousands of people who by their presence sought 
to show their love for the friend who was gone. Only a 

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few of them could secure admission to the Associate Re- 
formed Presbyterian Church where the services were held, 
and of which church Mr. Finley was for years a mem- 
ber. The others asked no greater privilege than that they 
be allowed to stand with bared heads as from the church 
the body of their friend was borne to its resting place. 
These were his true friends, the people who knew him and 
understood him; in whose homes he was known and wel- 
comed; whose joys and sorrows had been his joys and sor- 
rows. As his remains were lowered into the grave there 
were tears in the eyes of strong men, men who had fol- 
lowed him for years and now realized he was no more. 
As I looked into their honest faces unbidden tears came 
into my own eyes and my heart went out to those people 
because they loved my friend. I believe if they were here 
to-day they would join me in saying of him : 

He was a friend of truth, of soul sincere; 

In action faithful, and in honor clear; 

Who broke no promises, served no private ends, 

Sought no title and forsook no friends. 



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Address of Mr. Clark, of Missouri 

Mr. Speaker. Thirty-three years is usually considered 
the average span of human life. Our well-beloved friend, 
David Edward Finley, lived 56 years. Twenty-four of 
these years were spent in public service — 6 in the Legis- 
lature of South Carolina, 18 in the National House of 
Representatives. At the time of his death he had been 
elected for two more years here. He was a prime favor- 
ite at home and a prime favorite here. He took high 
rank as a legislator both in the State legislature and the 
Federal Congress. He made a specialty of postal matters. 
To master the details of the elaborate, delicate, and in- 
tricate postal machine, the greatest business machine in 
the world, is enough for one man. To this vast business, 
with its almost countless phases, Mr. Finley devoted his 
time, his energies, and his ability with singular devo- 
tion. On that subject his information was encyclopedic. 
He was deeply interested in the work in all its branches. 
He was especially interested in the welfare of the em- 
ployees in the Postal Service and was highly appreciated 
by them. All over the land are thousands of men and 
women whose situation is better and whose lives are hap- 
pier by reason of his efforts in their behalf. They should 
bless his name forever. He was their friend, indeed. 

Mr. Finley did not spend much time in speechmaking, 
nevertheless he was a clear, forceful, luminous speaker. 
His forte was work, work, work. 

He was laid away to his final rest on a perfect day — 
warm, bright, balmy. His mourning constituents by the 
thousands followed him to the grave and banked it with 
flowers, thereby attesting their love and esteem. 

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In private life Mr. Finley was a delightful companion, 
interesting, jovial, generous, and kind. 

Serving with him almost a score of years, appreciat- 
ing his fine qualities and his valuable service to his 
country and his kind, I formed for him a close friend- 
ship, which survives the grave. His whole career may be 
appropriately summed up in the sentence, "He went 
about doing good." 



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Address of Mr. Steenerson, of Minnesota 

Mr. Speaker: I first met Mr. Finley when the Fifty- 
eighth Congress convened in its first session, 1903. I had 
been appointed a member of the Post Office Committee, 
of which he already had been a member for three or four 
years. A sincere friendship sprang up between us and it 
was to me a pleasant thing to be associated with him in 
the labors on that committee. Although, as has been 
stated, he was a man of strong convictions, especially 
political convictions, it so happened that we were in dis- 
agreement but very rarely. Of course, on a question of 
party politics we differed radically, but such questions 
are few, comparatively, to the many questions that arise 
for consideration in Congress, and on many occasions Mr. 
Finley remarked to me that it was strange that he and I, 
he thought, voted together of tener than any two men in the 
House of Representatives. One of the questions of the 
day when I first entered Congress was the question of 
railway and ship subsidies. The Post Office bill had car- 
ried for many years special pay for one or two railroads 
over and above what all other railroads of the country 
received and, although it was in the region of the country 
represented by Mr. Finley, he objected to any favoritism; 
he wanted everybody treated alike and he opposed it, as 
did the present chairman of the committee, the gentleman 
from Tennessee [Mr. Moon], but the majority party on 
the committee voted for those provisions, and so it hap- 
pened on this question we were agreed and we made the 
fight on the floor until after a session or two both of those 
items, which were sought to be included in the appro- 
priation bill, disappeared and the policy of a subsidy was 

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dropped. It -was not a political question, but it was one 
that concerned the welfare of the Postal Service. 

As stated by the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Lloyd] 
and the gentleman from South Carolina [Mr. Byrnes], he 
was a true friend of the Rural Free Delivery Service. 
There are few, if any, members of the committee who have 
done so much to extend and develop that service. Mr. Fin- 
ley believed that the Postal Service was one of the greatest 
governmental functions that we have. He believed that 
it did more to consolidate and unify the people, to create 
a general public sentiment and solidarity among the peo- 
ple. The question of the exchange of literature through 
the periodical press, the distribution of commodities 
through the development of the parcel post he believed 
was a very great element in the development of the coun- 
try. He took an interest, as has already been stated, in all 
branches of that great service. I think it is perfectly fair 
to say that he had more to do, or at least as much to do, 
as any Member of either House in the formulation and 
enactment of the so-called classification act of 1907. which 
put the employees of the Postal Service, who were em- 
braced within the terms, upon a better looting, not so de- 
pendent upon the autocrats of the bureaus, ami gave them 
assurance that by faithful service they would eventually 
be promoted to higher places. He took special interest 

also in the development of the Parcel Post Service, lie 
introduced hills on that subject live or six years before 
the measure was enacted into law. His first idea was for 
a Parcel Post Service on the rural routes. 

Later on la- extended it to Hie whole country. I heard 
him often declare, and it shows the soundness of his 
thinking, that this proposed Parcel Post Service was a 
freight service and that it should pay its way both in 
handling and transportation; that every man who wanted 
commodity s transported and delivered should pay the 

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cost thereof; and that it should not be a burden on the tax- 
payers of the country. And in order to carry out this idea, 
as one of the members of the conferees on the parcel-post 
bill between the two Houses in 1912 he favored the adop- 
tion of the zone system as the only system whereby this 
service could be made to pay its way. 

He was a man, as has been said, of strong convictions, 
and there was one subject that we discussed together very 
often, and that was the theory of the separation of powers 
in government. He adhered strictly not only to the doc- 
trine of State rights, but he believed in the original the- 
ories in regard to the separation of powers upon which 
this Government is founded and upon which the Constitu- 
tion was written. He regretted that a tendency had been 
manifest for many years on the part of the executive 
branch of the Government to encroach upon the coordi- 
nate branch, the legislative, and he did what he could to 
resist this tendency. At every session, both during Re- 
publican and Democratic administration, bills appeared 
that were originated in the departments which had a tend- 
ency to diminish the authority and the dignity and the 
power of Congress; and these he resisted. 

In discussing this subject with Mr. Finley he often re- 
ferred to the remarkable change in the British constitu- 
tion with reference to this subject of separation of powers 
and to the fact that there and in most European govern- 
ments, starting out with absolutism a few hundred years 
ago, the popular branch of the legislature has gradually 
absorbed the executive. Take the House of Commons, 
for instance. By the unwritten law and practice the mem- 
bers of the cabinet must be members of the house, and 
must belong to the dominant party. These cabinet of- 
ficers, 18 or 20 in number, are really the administrators. 
They constitute together an executive body. It thus has 
happened that over there, instead of the executive en- 

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croaching upon the legislative branch the legislative 
branch has actually absorbed a large part of the executive 
functions, thereby augmenting the power of the people 
who elect their representatives. 

The tendency here seems to be in the opposite direc- 
tion. So we elect a dictator once in four years, and the 
Houses of Congress are transformed from coordinate 
branches to ratification meetings of the decrees of the 
Executive power. This was a tendency which Mr. Finley 
feared. He feared it was destructive of our institutions. 

Only last summer, when a question between Congress 
and the executive branch involving these matters to some 
extent was in conference between the two Houses and he 
was unable to be present he requested me, knowing that 
I agreed with him, to speak his views on the subject. 

Personally Mr. Finley was a delightful companion. He 
had no enemies, so far as I ever knew. All were his 
friends. He made few speeches, but he was an etfective 
speaker and was an able debater. I remember only a 
year or two ago, while he was discussing the question of 
the proper limitation of the Executive authority over the 
matter of appointments, and he declared himself a friend 
of civil service limited to its proper sphere, but did not 
want it extended to executive functionaries, some one 
asked him if the Democratic Parly did not agree with An- 
drew Jackson thai "to the victor belongs the spoils"? 
lie replied. "Andrew Jackson was horn in my district, 
but my people were Democrats long before his day." 

I was one of the committee of Congress to attend the 

funeral on the !2<Slh of January last, and went lo York with 

thai committee. Certainly the large attendance and the 
manifest sorrow on the pari of all in thai community was 

an evidence of the high esteem and love in which they 

held him. They believed he was their friend and he de- 
served their confidence. The good thai he has done will 



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Address of Mr. Steenerson, of Minnesota 

live long after this generation. He ought to be, and prob- 
ably will be, remembered by the hundreds of thousands 
of postal employees throughout the country for many gen- 
erations. It has been well said : 

* * * He 
That, through the channels of the state, 
Conveys the people's wish, is great; 
His name is pure; his fame is free. 

On the morning of the funeral it was cloudy and it 
threatened rain. As we stood near the grave and the last 
wreaths of flowers were brought by loving hands the sky 
cleared and the sun shone brightly and it was as warm as 
a day in June. To many of us it seemed like a sign of 
promise of a fairer day in the life to come. 

There is no death; the thing that we call death 
Is but another, sadder name for life, 
Which is itself an insufficient name, 
Faint recognition of that unknown Life, 
That Power whose shadow is the universe. 



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Address of Mr. Ragsdale, of South Carolina 

Mr. Speaker: When the Creator of this world readied 
into space and in His omnipotent hands molded this 
sphere and sent it down the aisles of time toward eternity 
He made man in His own image and with the power of 
thought and direction, limiting his time on earth and 
making for him a place in eternity. I know of no better 
way to describe man's sojourn here than in the couplet 
of Burns, wherein he says: 

Like a snow-flake on the river — 

A moment white, then gone forever. 

Our deceased friend, following the path that all men 
must tread, has heard the last call to duty, has performed 
the last service for his country, has seen the last glorious 
sunrise and wonderfully beautiful sunset in the land that 
he loved so well, and has separated from time and passed 
into eternity. 

David Edward Finley was a man of strong convictions, 
of strong will, mid of great moral and physical courage. 
]\\ the discharge of his duly he was not moved merely by 
the desire to serve himself or to please those in whose 
hands lay his political future. More than once have I dis- 
cussed expediency with him, and the conclusion of every 
discussion was his determination to do thai which he be- 
lieved was righl and that which he believed would bring 
the greatest benefit to those whom he represented lure. 
II- .s a partisan in politics and w;is sectional in his 
views. He loved and believed in the South and always he 
strove to do those things thai would add to her glory and 
give her the place to which her service- in the past, as well 
as i!n present, entitle her. 

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I shall always remember the day in York when we were 
called there to do honor to him, the great throng that 
gathered there and the universal expression of regret that 
their good friend, their wise counselor, and eminent states- 
man had been called away. There seemed to be but one 
thought, and that a desire to pay just tribute to him whom 
they would meet no more in this land. It was a wonderful 
day in January; the sun shone like a day in early summer, 
and there was a feeling in the air that winter was behind 
us and that spring had come, and it seemed to me that 
this was as it should be. He believed in the South and 
longed to serve the South. It was but fitting, therefore, 
that she should have had her soft zephyrs and wonderful 
climate at their very best when it came to the parting of 
ways between him and the State he loved so well. 

In paying tribute to the memory of the late George S. 
Legare, Mr. Finley quoted : 

The living are the only dead; 
The dead live, nevermore to die. 

And this thought was with me as I looked upon his grave 
piled high with beautiful floral tributes, whose aroma 
filled the air, and whose beauty spoke of the spirit that 
had prompted their being placed there by the hands of 
those who loved and trusted him. As the tall pines of his 
Southland, swept by gentle winds, sing his lullaby, he 
sleeps, resting only until the sounding of the great sum- 
mons which we all must answer. His brave spirit but 
awaits the call into a new life where the sable wings of 
death are never spread. 



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Address of Mr. Kahn, of California 

Mr. Speaker: David Edward Finley and I were sworn 
in as Members of the Fifty-sixth Congress in December, 
1899 — he as a Democrat, I as a Republican. While we 
differed in politics that fact never interfered with our 
personal relations. In fact, the subordination of party 
politics in the personal relations of Members is one of 
the distinctive and pleasurable features of membership 
in this House. We soon learned that we were both born 
on the same day, in the same year, and that we were 
exactly of the same age. From that time until the date 
of his death we were staunch friends. For years we cele- 
brated our birthday together. 

He was elected to every succeeding term of Congress 
and served nearly 18 years in this House. That in itself 
is the best testimonial to his worth as a legislator and a 
man. No citizen of the Republic can hope to be elected to 
;i seat in Congress unless he has the unbounded confidence 
of a majority of the electors in his district. The lathers of 
the Constitution intended that the Members of the House 
of Representatives should go to the people frequently in 
order that they may receive the mandate of those people 
on great public questions. Every two years we have to 
give an account of our stewardship to those wliose com- 
missions we bear. While in recent years it frequently 
lias been asserted that the term of Members of the House 

should he extended, I believe it is a wise provision of the 
Fundamental law that Members should he elected every 
two years. 

For eight successive elections after his ftrsl term Mr. 
Finley was commissioned by his friends and neighbors, 

the people among whom he lived and who knew him best, 



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to continue to represent them in this House. That he 
represented them well and faithfully we who were per- 
mitted to be his colleagues know full well. We can cheer- 
fully testify to the faith with which he performed his 
services to them, to his State, and to his country. 

In his private relations he was a fond and devoted hus- 
band, a kind and indulgent father. In this hour of their 
sorrow we pour out our sympathy to his bereaved family. 

He was a man of sterling qualities, loyal and devoted 
in his friendships. He despised sham, and on the other 
hand respected and admired ability and honesty of 
purpose. 

He has answered the last roll call. He has been gath- 
ered to his fathers. We with whom he served so faith- 
fully, so honestly, so devotedly will ever cherish his 
memory. 



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Address of Mr. Whaley, of South Carolina 

Mr. Speaker: It is only just and right that we are gath- 
ered here to-day to pay respect to the memory of our de- 
parted friend and colleague who gave 18 consecutive years 
of his life to the service of the Nation. So well had he 
served his district that only recently his people had re- 
turned him for two years more, and had his life been 
spared he would have rounded out 20 years of service on 
the floor of this House. There are few and rare instances 
where constituencies reward the sterling worth of mind 
and devotion to duty of a Representative by such a long 
period of service. This unbroken preferment is an elo- 
quent testimonial by the people whom he represented of 
their deep appreciation of his high character and great 
ability. It is the longest continuous service of any Repre- 
sentative from the Palmetto State. This was due in no 
small measure to his independence of thought and free- 
dom of action, clear convictions on national questions, 
devotion to what he believed sound principles, combined 
with a warm sympathy for the downtrodden and op- 
pressed and a lavish generosity in giving within his means 
to any and all eauses that appealed to him. lie never 
wavered on questions of principle and was never a strad- 
dler on party questions. His unquestioned personal cour- 
age would not permit his stand on any public question 
to be in doubt. He possessed the courage of his convic- 
tions and never feared t<» express them. By reason of 
these admirable (fails of character his politieal following 
grew lo be a personal attachment, and those who were at 

first only politieal adherents became devoted and faith- 
ful friends. 

I did no! know Dave Finlei intimately until my asso- 
ciation with him here, although, of eoiirsr, 1 knew of him 
through his public life, as everyone else in my Stale knew 

hiii). Rut after coming here and being in close association 

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Address of Mr. Whaley, of South Carolina 

with him I formed a deep affection for him which daily 
increased until the time of his death. His warm cordi- 
ality and open-heartedness, his ever willingness to aid and 
assist, his kindly suggestions and wise counsel endeared 
him to me, and his death was a personal bereavement. 

In no other place does a man stand so much upon his 
own merits as in this body, and here David E. Finley will 
be remembered by his colleagues as a man of force and 
conviction, of clear and honest intellect and thought, 
faithful and painstaking in the performance of his duties, 
and ever willing to place at the disposal of a brother 
Member his vast store of knowledge of affairs gained by 
personal experience. His counsel was consequently 
sought and his judgment given great consideration. He 
did not believe in radicalism or any " isms," but was al- 
ways a progressive and conservative thinker; the consci- 
entious, fearless Representative of his people and the 
whole Nation. There was never any narrowness in his 
views, and being a man who believed in his own opinion 
and who knew the honesty thereof he had faith in his 
fellow man, and he accorded to others who differed with 
him a high respect for the honesty of their views. 

If his public life as a Representative excited admiration, 
it was his private life as a man which made him worthy 
of the highest respect and esteem — it was never open 
to question. He was a tender, loving husband; a fond, 
devoted father; a consistent Christian, and an upright, 
creditable citizen. 

Possessing an open and courageous nature, he despised 
deceit. He was never a hypocrite in politics or religion. 
Truly he was — 

One who never turned his back, but marched breast forward, 

Never doubted clouds would break, 

Never dreamed, tho' right were worsted, wrong would triumph, 

Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, 

Sleep to wake. 

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Address of Mr. Bell, of Georgia 

Mr. Speaker: It is indeed a sad occasion to all of us who 
knew the Hon. David E. Finley personally. It was my 
pleasure to have known him before his election to Con- 
gress 18 years ago. He was elected to the Fifty-sixth Con- 
gress and served continuously until his death January 26, 
1917. I had the pleasure of serving with him on the Com- 
mittee on the Post Office and Post Roads for a number of 
years, consequently I had a good opportunity to know of 
the good work he did as a Representative. He was an 
able man and always ready to serve his constituents to 
the end that he might be of real value to those who had 
honored him with their votes and their confidence. He 
was not afraid to express his opinion on any subject in 
which his people were interested. He was not quick to 
make up his mind, nor did he jump at conclusions, but 
always in a quiet and modest way he thought out the best 
plan to reach that which in his judgment would best sub- 
serve the needs of his people. He was brave and yet he 
had the quality of persuasiveness. He was determined 
and yet not obstinate. He had convictions peculiar to 
himself, hut did not manifest unpleasantness if one failed 
to agree with him. Withal he was a splendid type of 
southern manhood and was proud of his section and his 
people. H<' did many valuable things during his service 
in Congress. I remember his keen interest in the rural 
free delivery <»l mail, and he never lost an opportunity to 
do anything he eould to better the Conditions of the rural 
population. He was always on the alert in the increase of 
Compensation Of rural letter Camera and was always 

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ready to take the initiative for them, and much credit is 
due him for advanced legislation along this line. He had 
a jovial disposition and always had a kind word for those 
he liked. He enjoyed diversion and would often indulge 
in conversational levity to make himself agreeable and 
to afford pleasure and gratification to those around him. 
He was my friend and my relative and I feel keenly his 
departure. 

I was the recipient of many valuable suggestions from 
him in matters which involved the interest of my people. 
He was a good lawyer and his opinion on matters of law 
was valuable to the country and his colleagues in the Halls 
of Congress. 

I remember, and was happy, to have done him a favor 
before he was elected to Congress; it was early in the 
morning of the day of his first primary election. I was 
in the town of York and stepped into the store of his 
brother-in-law, Mr. Will Gist, the best male friend he had 
in the world, and I found him visibly disturbed because 
he could find no one on election day to take charge of his 
business so that he might go out upon the streets and use 
his influence for his friend and brother. I volunteered 
my services, which were accepted, and took charge of the 
business of Mr. Gist for the day. This was the occasion of 
the warm friendship which sprung up between Mr. Finley 
and myself soon after I first came to Congress. We often 
discussed this incident and he as often expressed his high 
appreciation of what appeared to him to be a sacrifice on 
my part. 

Mr. Finley was yet a young man, and would not have 
been 56 years old until next Wednesday, the last day of 
February. His death was sad and so unexpected to those 
of us who were not with him during his illness. I have 
been told that his last campaign had much to do with his 
physical condition before his death. So anxious was 



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he to succeed that he overtaxed his strength. So 
proud was he of his family and so solicitous of their 
welfare, happiness, and pleasure he drew too heavily 
upon his hrain and body. He hardly knew his physical 
strength; consequently was oblivious to any limit to hu- 
man endurance. He talked freely to me occasionally, and 
on several occasions spoke so endearingly of his wife and 
of her sacrifices for him and the many things she had 
done to aid him in the success he had attained. He had a 
genuine father's pride in his boys and spoke of them as 
his " family regiment," and how proud he was of them 
and how happy he would be when they were all grown 
and settled in the world and became strong and useful 
men in life. He told me of his girls, and how tender, lov- 
ing, and obedient they were and how anxiously they 
awaited his return when separated from them, and how 
delighted they were over all his successes. To these, 
one and all, we tender our sincerest sympathy. 

I attended the last rites and ceremonies of our departed 
friend. It was gratifying to me to see people from all the 
walks of life there to pay honor to the one in death whom 
they loved in life. As we followed the lifeless form of our 
colleague and Friend to the quiet cemetery I was reminded 
of the heartaches of the bereaved family, how much they 
would miss him, but they can find solace in the knowl- 
edge of his goodness to them and of bis never-ceasing de- 
votion to each and all of them — 

When through the deep waters I call thee t«> ,^<>. 
The rivers <>f woe shall not thee o'erflow, 
For I will be with thee, thy troubles t<> I > I * as, 
And sanctify t<» thee thy deepest distress. 

We CHD not understand the dispensation of Providence. 

\\ i have seen the young, the strong, the active ones taken 

lioin our midst while yet able and willing to Continue the 



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good work assigned to them. We have seen the great and 
the small alike taken from us, and that without warning. 

The axman Death deals right and left, 
And flowers fall, as well as oaks. 

And while our colleague has been taken from us almost 
in the zenith of his manhood, his memory will remain 
with us and his influence for good will be felt for years to 
come. 

We hardly get ourselves prepared for life until death 
calls us. Our departed friend had just been reelected to 
Congress by an overwhelming majority and no doubt felt 
that he was just entering the most important stage of his 
life. He had apparently as much guaranty of continued 
vigor and strength as any Member of this body, and I am 
sure felt a sense of safety in the continuation of the good 
will and friendship of his colleagues on both sides of the 
House. How important it is that we should all remember 
the words of Samuel, " Truly as the Lord liveth and as 
thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death." 
His good work has been brought to a close. His activities 
have ceased. His voice is hushed. But there is a home 
beyond the sky and removed from this life of trial and 
vicissitudes, where rest may be complete and where com- 
panionship will have no end. 

Tell me, ye winged winds, 

That round my pathway roar, 

Do ye not know some spot 

Where mortals weep no more? 

Some lone and pleasant dell, 

Some valley in the West, 

Where, free from toil and pain, 

The weary soul may rest? 
The loud wind dwindled to a whisper low, 
And sighed for pity as it answered, " No." 



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Tell me, thou mighty deep, 

Whose billows round me play, 

Know'st thou some favored spot, 

Some island far away, 

Where weary man may find 

The bliss for which he sighs — 

Where sorrow never lives 

And friendship never dies? 
The loud waves, rolling in perpetual flow. 
Stopped for a while, and sighed to answer, " No." 

And thou, serenest moon, 

That, with such holy face, 

Dost look upon the earth 

Asleep in night's embrace; 

Tell me, in all thy round 

Hast thou not seen some spot 

Where miserable man 

Might find a happier lot? 
Behind a cloud the moon withdrew in woe, 
And a voice, sweet but sad, responded, " No." 

Tell me, my secret soul, 
0, tell me, Hope and Faith, 
Is there no resting place 
From sorrow, sin, and death? 
Is there no happy spot 
• Where mortals may be blest, 

Where grief may find a balm, 
And weariness a rest? 

Faith, Hope, and Love, best boons to mortals given. 
Waved their bright wings and whispered, " Yes, in heaven." 



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Address of Mr. Nicholls, of South Carolina 

Mr. Speaker: Little did I think when I entered Con- 
gress in December, 1915, that I would be called upon, 
after such a short lapse of time, to pay my last tribute 
to my friend Judge Finley. While I did not know Judge 
Finley as intimately as the members of my delegation 
who had served for years with him, I had heard of him 
and knew of his splendid character and ability long be- 
fore I came to Washington. 

Judge Finley was a man who never hesitated to take 
what he considered the right position in all public mat- 
ters regardless of public opinion. In the change of times 
in politics in South Carolina, regardless of the way the 
tide turned, he was always true to his convictions and 
always true to his party. 

In the history of South Carolina on more than one occa- 
sion from a political standpoint it would have been very 
much to Judge Finley's advantage to have gone with the 
tide and listened to the voice of the majority of the 
people, but in each instance of this kind he stood out 
clearly as a man who could not be influenced by the 
public voice if it was against his own principle to follow. 

Judge Finley started his political career in one of the 
legislative bodies of South Carolina, where he was consid- 
ered one of the strong men of that body; and, while he has 
achieved great things in the political world, I do not 
think his political success was as great as his profes- 
sional success. 

South Carolina has developed few lawyers who sur- 
passed him. Judge Finley possessed qualities which a 
great many men in the legal profession do not possess. 
It has been my observation that as a rule a lawyer who is 

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a strong advocate before the jury does not study his case 
and prepare the law as thoroughly as the lawyer who 
is not such a strong advocate. The strong advocate gen- 
erally relies upon his ability before the jury to win his 
cases, whereas the man who can not advocate his case 
strongly and realizes this fact generally prepares his cases 
more thoroughly. Judge Finley was not only an ex- 
tremely strong advocate before the jury but also a stu- 
dent, and had a reputation among the bar of South Caro- 
lina of being a very dangerous opponent in the trial of 
any case. 

When I was elected to Congress, as I have stated, I did 
not know Judge Finley very well personally, but as soon 
as the returns were announced he wrote me a very warm 
personal letter, stating that he was inclosing me a list of 
the committees, and so forth, of the House and that he 
wanted me to feel free to call upon him for any assistance 
he could give me in committee appointments and in any 
other way. I took advantage of his offer and from the 
time I came to Congress until the time of his death I had 
no stronger friend or abler adviser than Judge Finley. 

I always felt at perfect liberty to call on him at any time 
and his long experience and splendid judgment have been 
of unlimited help to me since I have been here. 

Those of us in the delegation looked on the Judge as a 
young man would look upon a father. In speaking of his 
delegation he affectionately called us his "boys" and felt 
the same interest in us, I think, that he would have felt in 
his own sons. 

It was my pleasure last year to dine with Judge Fim i:y 
and his delightful family at his home. The Occasion was 
B birthday dinner and the other guests besides myself 
were Mr. and Mrs. Kalin, of California, and Judge Moon. 

of Tennessee 1 laughingly told Judge Foojey that it was 

an old man's dinner. He laughed and said, "Why, Sam, 



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I am the youngest man in this crowd and expect to stay 
young as long as I live." He told me that he and Mr. Kahn 
came to Congress on the same day; that they were born 
on the same day; and that ever since they had been in 
Congress they had taken turn and turn about celebrating 
their birthdays together. Although they differed in poli- 
tics few people who did not know them well know the 
personal friendship that existed between these two men. 

I think above all Judge Finley's good traits was his ab- 
solute fearlessness. He has always been a man of remark- 
able courage and in the stormy times in politics in South 
Carolina could always be relied upon to stand to his guns 
and carry out his part of the game. It will be a long time 
before South Carolina will send to Congress a man who 
can in any way surpass the faithful, fearless Finley, and 
his memory will always have a place in the hearts of 
those of us who had the honor to labor here with him. 



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Address of Mr. Goodwin, of Arkansas 

Mr. Speaker: It was not my pleasure to have known 
our friend, Mr. Finley, so long or so intimately as some 
of the Members who have spoken to-day. However, I 
believe I knew him fairly well for the length of service 
I have seen in this House. I knew of Judge Finley for 
many years through the Congressional Record, but mostly 
I knew of him through mutual friends — persons who had 
known him in South Carolina before their removal to my 
county; and among these were kindred of my children, 
their maternal grandparents having gone from York 
County, S. C, to Bradley County, Ark. Not only this, 
but many of the very best families of my county hailed 
from York County. Many of them knew Judge Finley. 
They knew him well; but if he asked me one time about 
any former friends who had gone from his county to 
mine, he must easily have asked me a dozen times re- 
specting an old negro, Lee Campbell, and his boys. I sup- 
pose he inquired of these a dozen times a year, and he not 
only always manifested the deepest concern as to their 
welfare but thought of even going out there at some time 
to see them. If I recall aright, Lee Campbell was a house 
servant in Judge Finlky's adopted home in the days of 
slavery, and he nursed our friend, Judge FlNLEY, after he 
removed as an infant From Arkansas to South Carolina. 
Those <>f you who do not know the negro so well as we in 
the South may not be aware of the peculiar attachment 

subsisting between the hlaek man of the South and the 
while man of the South, especially those who knew one 

another in the days before the negro became a free man. 

I never returned home hut these simple, trusting aegroes 
asked me mueh about M Marse IVwi ," ami had I placed a 
$10 hill in the hand of each they would not have been half 



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so happy as when I assured them of the very high rank 
and standing he had taken here. I only speak of this, Mr. 
Speaker, to show how broad and generous were his views. 
He had nothing of the narrow partisanship about his 
great soul, for while he doubtless was partial to his imme- 
diate section this never became evident in his public serv- 
ice, for he loved, indeed, the whole country and his was a 
national, an American spirit. 

If I were called upon to lay my finger upon the true 
elements of his greatness I believe without hesitation I 
would say his courage, his fidelity to friends, his unques- 
tioned faith in his Maker, and his love and passion for 
the right, his rare, overweening, consecrated love for his 
devoted and dutiful wife, and the almost reverential af- 
fection he bore for his children. I say I knew him fairly 
well for the length of service that I have seen in this 
House, and among all the membership here, except pos- 
sibly the delegation from my own State, no one received 
me so cordially as did David Finley when I first came 
to Washington, knowing that I knew many of his friends 
who had removed to my county. He was born in my State 
on the banks of the great Mississippi, in Phillips County, 
just above my district. Others have spoken of his serv- 
ice here, of his career at home as a lawyer, as a State 
legislator, as a friend, and as a neighbor, and of his con- 
spicuous public service here, and how the whole Nation 
has become his debtor. It was my privilege to be a mem- 
ber of the congressional delegation that went down to 
his home to pay the last tribute of respect to his mem- 
ory. No one who went down there upon that occasion, 
no one who attended those ceremonies, could go away 
without feeling that here was a man who had been tested 
at home along all lines and had never been found want- 
ing. Many thousands of people gathered upon the side- 
walk and upon the byways, as it was impossible for all 

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to enter the little church. They stood there with bared 
heads and with weeping eyes, anxious to take part in 
the last sad ceremony. 

Many have spoken here to-day of his rare courage. He 
did have rare courage, Mr. Speaker, rare independence, 
and while as a party man he was, I think, always regular, 
yet if there had come a time to decide between the edict 
of a party declaration and his unquestioned belief as to 
that edict being erroneous, he would have taken his stand 
by the side of his conscience, for he was rugged in char- 
acter, brave and fearless as a Numidian lion, and as 
courageous as Andrew Jackson. Once his mind was 
made up, he was as immovable as the rock of Gibraltar, 
and after all, Mr. Speaker, there is nothing like such a 
man; for, indeed, an honest man is the noblest work 
of God. 

Mr. Speaker, it is a serious thing to die, but an infinitely 
more serious thing to live. Dave Finley met the duties 
of life with a rare courage and fidelity. There was not 
the slighest trace of the demagogue in his whole make-up. 
He stood for principle. Man is a fleeting, evanescent atom 
thrown out into the universe. He serves his day and then 
is not. But principles originate in the councils of God, 
and, like Him, they are from everlasting to everlasting and 
are immutable. And the man who comprehends life and 
defies those who would compel him to bend his strong 
will for temporary gain is, after all, a nobleman; and, 
alas, he becomes the exception and not the rule. 

Dave Finlev died, no doubt, as he wished to have died — 
full of honor and with many years of distinguished serv- 
ice to his credit; with the faith of a great constituency, 
as well as all of his coworkers in Congress, believing in 
his integrity. He died with his armor on, battling for his 
people and the common country. January 28 was a beau- 
tiful Sabbath day- an [deal springlike day; the winter's 

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Address of Mr. Goodwin, of Arkansas 

cold seemed to have disappeared overnight, for on that 
morning the sun shone brightly and with a warmth and 
glow so typical of an ideal day in the land of southern 
pines and palms. Our friend, Judge Finley, was laid to 
rest in the sacred sod he loved so well, and that very 
night, as the stars twinkled from the skies and the angels 
looked out from the windows of heaven, all that was 
mortal of our friend slept beneath a wilderness of roses 
and immortelles placed upon his grave by friends whose 
love he cherished, whom he so ably and honorably served, 
and whose devotion to him is evidenced by the trust re- 
posed in him through his service of a century's quarter. 
Indeed, Mr. Speaker, we honor ourselves by honoring his 
memory to-day. His spirit is at rest with the God who 
gave it, and may the Lord, whom he loved and served, 
care for the widow and the fatherless, comfort their hearts 
and assuage their sorrows, and hold them as in the hol- 
low of His hand. 






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Address of Mr. McCorkle, of South Carolina 

Mr. Speaker: Words fail me at this time when I am 
called upon to make a few remarks relative to my la- 
mented friend, the Hon. David Edward Finley. The gen- 
tlemen who have preceded me have covered the ground 
so fully and so eloquently that there is little left for me to 
say, and yet I can not refrain from expressing my hearty 
indorsement of all that has been said. I am not accus- 
tomed to delivering speeches in public and until I came 
into this Chamber this morning I did not know that I 
would be called upon to address the House. But, Mr. 
Speaker, " out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speak- 
eth," and in my humble way I ask your kind indulgence. 

The gentleman from South Carolina ^Mr. Byrnes^ has 
told you in beautifully chosen words of the life of Mr. 
Finley, the place of his birth, and so forth. When Mr. 
Finley was about 1 years of age he came to York County 
and was reared by his good relatives. Upon completing 
his education he commenced the practice of law in the 
town of Yorkville, now York, the county seat of York 
County, S. C, where I was born and reared. Ever since 
Mr. Finley cast his lot with us I have known him inti- 
mately. You have to live with people in order to really 
know them, and from my intimate knowledge of him I 
Can truthfully and conscientiously say that he was a man 
of sterling character, loyal and generous, and that he 

possessed true moral courage. 

Mis long service of IS years in this House proves to his 

coll< agues and the public generally his ability as a legis- 

lator. Win n In' was [aid in his last resting place in Hose 

Hill Cemetery, York, S. C, some few weeks ago the large 

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concourse of friends who gathered to pay tribute to his 
memory gave ample proof of their lcve and admiration 
for him as a man. It was a perfect day, seemingly made 
to order by the Supreme Being for this sad occasion. 
From Washington there came a large delegation of Con- 
gressmen and Senators to pay their last tribute of respect 
and love to their colleague. From neighboring towns 
special trains were run, bringing hundreds of friends of 
the deceased and about a hundred members of the Knights 
Templar, of which order the deceased was a member. 

Mr. Speaker, it was only a short time after Mr. Finley 
had commenced the practice of law at Yorkville that he 
won the hand of one of our most charming young ladies, 
Miss " Bessie " Gist, as we all called her. There came to 
bless this union eight children — five boys and three girls. 
I can say that it is a genuine pleasure to meet with any 
of them, as their uniform courtesy and consideration gives 
evidence of their good breeding. In our section of the 
State the Gist family is recognized as one of the best 
families in the State. My people have always been closely 
associated with them and my high regard for them is 
based upon this long and intimate association. The home 
of the Finleys adjoins the place where I was born and 
raised. 

After Mr. Finley's death an election was called to fill 
the unexpired term ending March 4 this year. The cam- 
paign was necessarily short, but Mr. Finley's friends were 
my friends and the people of the district saw fit to honor 
me by electing me. I recognize my shortcomings and 
know that in ability I could not be compared with Mr. 
Finley, but I deem it an honor, as well as a privilege, to 
be allowed to serve as a successor to so distinguished a 
man and so good a friend as the late David Edward Finley. 



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Address of Mr. Lever, of South Carolina 

Mr. Speaker : David Edward Finley was born on Febru- 
ary 28, 1861, in Trenton, Ark. He was a son of David 
Miller and Elizabeth Mcllwaine Finley, and the youngest 
of eight children. At 2 years of age he was left an or- 
phan, without estate, and from that moment until the day 
of his death in large measure he fought his own battles 
and won his own triumphs. 

Fortunately for this fatherless and motherless boy, God 
in His providence directed him, when a mere child, into 
the keeping of Mary Mcllwaine and John Campbell, his 
maternal aunt and her husband, who lived near Hock Hill, 
in the large and rapidly developing county of York, South 
Carolina. 

In this Bible-reading, Sabbath-keeping, God-fearing, 
psalm-singing home of Presbyterians not only were all his 
necessary temporary wants supplied, but, more impor- 
tant than this, he was furnished abundantly with that 
careful mental and spiritual training, without which no 
real success in life is ever possible, The wholesome im- 
pressions made upon his mind and heart in this typical 
home abode with him during all the days of his life, and 
lixed the foundations upon which rested his character, as 
well as his attitude toward all questions of a public or 

private nature. He never forgot the homely virtues of 

.lohn ;iikI Mary Campbell, nor the eternal truths of correct 

living and honorable conduct imbibed from them. His 

relationship to his fellow man, his family, and his Maker 

was measured largely by the ideals that guided the lives 
of these truly Christian guardians, and until the day of 

his death he honored them with a reverence almost ap- 
proximating \ encration. 

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Address of Mr. Lever, of South Carolina 

The forbears of Judge Finley, as would be indicated by 
their names, were of Scotch-Irish extraction. They settled 
in North and South Carolina in the early history of the 
country, and their descendants have wrought mightily 
ever since in the material development and the promotion 
of good citizenship, orderly government, and the spiritual 
well-being of the community. He came of a sturdy, 
rugged, big-brawned, big-brained, law-abiding, self-re- 
specting, proud people, who walked in the ways of right- 
eousness and feared no man. Our late colleague was in 
all respects true to the type. Fear, either physical or 
moral, was foreign to his nature. He respected the rights 
and opinions of others and compelled the same considera- 
tion for his own. 

As a boy Judge Finley performed those services inci- 
dent to the life of every southern boy raised upon a farm, 
and these experiences had a most decided influence upon 
his life and public service. From them he learned some- 
thing of the problems of rural life, something of its iso- 
lation, of its inconveniences and drawbacks, and because 
of this first-hand knowledge he was in a position always 
to legislate intelligently for its betterment. No doubt his 
strong advocacy of the development of the system of 
rural mails, of rural credits, and of Federal aid for coun- 
try roads had its inspiration in these boyhood experi- 
ences upon the farm. He knew that the chief needs of 
the average country man and woman were better educa- 
tion — to be had largely through better mail facilities, 
better credit machinery for the financing of farm produc- 
tion and distribution, and better transportation. His 
chief work as a public servant was centered around the 
purpose of bettering the conditions of rural life — an un- 
dertaking worthy of the highest order of statesmanship. 

The fundamentals of his education were received in 
the schools of his immediate community and at Rock Hill. 

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In 1884 he entered the law school of the then South Caro- 
lina College, now South Carolina University, one of the 
oldest and most famous educational institutions in this 
country, and was graduated therefrom two years later 
with the degree of bachelor of laws. Immediately he 
located at York, the county seat, and began the practice 
of his profession. Three years later, in 1889, he was mar- 
ried to Miss Elizabeth L. Gist, who, with the following 
children, survive him: David Edward Finley, Mrs. J. 
Dexter Brown, Mrs. Walter B. Moore, jr., William Gist 
Finley, Robert Mcllwaine Finley, States Rights Finley, 
Margaret Adams Finley, and John Campbell Finley. 

In the practice of his profession he was successful from 
the very beginning, and quickly built up a lucrative busi- 
ness. His common sense, his knowledge of men, his can- 
dor, innate honesty, and manliness attracted to him clients 
who ever thereafter remained loyal in their friendship 
and in their trust. As he grew in age and experience he 
came to be recognized as one of the soundest and most 
successful lawyers of the State. He was not only a suc- 
cessful practitioner, who won his cases in court and in- 
creased his business steadily, but also in fact a splen- 
did lawyer, who knew the philosophy of the law and its 
application to the affairs of men. His temperament was 
judicial; he had a legal mind, a keen insight into human 
nature, and a facility for quick and accurate analysis of 
facts, coupled with a wonderfully retentive memory. His 
sense of justice was almost instinctive; the standard of 
measure of things with him was the right and wrong of 
them. Nothing, in whatever form, to him was right which 
in fact was wrong; as was nothing, however clothed, 
wrong to him which inherently was right. His mind 

quickly separated the wheat from the chaff. He saw- 
things ;is they Were QOt as they held themselves out to 
be or seemed to D6. He would have won eminent renown 



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Address of Mr. Lever, of South Carolina 

as a judge, and it is known that he could have been ele- 
vated to the bench early in his career as a lawyer if he 
had been willing to sacrifice a friend who was then on 
the bench, but David Edward Finley never sacrificed a 
friend, not even to promote his own ambitions. 

Early in life Judge Finley manifested a keen interest in 
affairs political. When only 15 years of age, a mere slip 
of a boy, he joined the Rock Hill Democratic Club in the 
famous Hampton campaign in 1876, when the govern- 
ment of South Carolina was returned to the keeping of 
the intelligence, honesty, and patriotism of the people of 
the State, and it is said that he exercised all the privileges 
and performed all the duties of adult membership, with 
the sole exception of voting. He had a natural love for 
public affairs, for politics. The glory of combat, the 
action and reaction of mind upon mind, fired and fasci- 
nated him, but he was more ambitious to serve the public 
than to win its mere passing approbation. He had an 
abiding faith in the ultimate judgment of the masses of 
the people, and his highest ambition was to direct their 
thoughts in the channels that would lead to their best and 
most lasting interests. Neither uncertain whims of public 
thought nor cure-all nostrums in the least affected his 
conduct. Every proposition had to square with common 
sense and ordinary everyday sanity. 

In the very beginning of his public career he evidenced 
a strong belief in the right and duty of the great majority 
of the people to participate more largely in the conduct 
of the affairs of the State. He believed in the people and 
in their capacity for righteous and efficient self-govern- 
ment. It is not surprising therefore to find the young 
lawyer, sprung from the loins of the people, offering him- 
self in 1890 to his county as a candidate for the house of 
representatives of the general assembly of the State, to 
which position he was elected by an almost unanimous 

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vote. This was the year of Capt. Tillman's advent into 
the politics of the State as candidate for governor. Judge 
Finley championed the reform or Tillman movement, as 
it is sometimes called, and was elected to the general as- 
sembly as a reformer. Thus he began his long public 
career at that period, probably the most interesting in 
the political history of the Skate, when the people began 
to demand more and more a larger share in the conduct 
of their affairs. It was the commencement of an epoch 
which swept away the old order of things and supplanted 
it with a more universal democracy. Even a resume of 
the services of Judge Finley to the State at this critical 
time would be more than could be undertaken with pro- 
priety on such an occasion as this. 

The historian who shall correctly analyze the philoso- 
phy of this movement and accurately measure the relative 
influences of its chief participants can not fail to take 
adequate notice of the part played by the young rep- 
resentative from York. He was a prominent iigure 
in those stirring days, and impressed himself so favor- 
ably on his colleagues as to be appointed chairman of 
the ways ami means committee, the most important com- 
mittee of the lower branch of the general assembly, in 
which position he soon developed into a strong, conserva- 
tive, and resourceful Leader. In this, his first public 
service, his independence of character prominently as- 
serted itself, and while he was elected as the exponent of 

a faction of the Stale Democratic Parly he refused in his 
attitude upon public questions lo become a factionist 
The dictates <>t his conscience and the mandates of his 

judgment directed his course, ll was not his nature either 
blindly to follow or submissively to be driven; he did his 

own thinking and repeatedly refused to follow in the foot- 
steps of tin- more radical leaders of his faction. He was 

wli.il might be Called :> conservative reformer, who be- 



Address of Mr. Lever, of South Carolina 



lieved sincerely in the fundamental principles which lay 
at the root of the uprising of the people at this time. He 
never became a party to the bitter personal crimination 
and recrimination of that period, nor was he willing to 
subscribe to the doctrine that those who opposed his views 
were totally bad and without virtue, while those who fa- 
vored them were totally good and all virtuous. He had 
the rare gift of discrimination, which throughout his life 
made him a safe counselor and a wise legislator. 

His conservative course in the legislature; his independ- 
ence of thought and action; his refusal to wear the fac- 
tional yoke or step to the whip crack of the factional boss; 
his efforts to unite the factions; his impressive failure 
to attend or participate in factional caucuses; together 
with his vote for the reelection of Gen. Wade Hampton, 
the beloved Confederate chieftain and intrepid leader of 
the white people of his State in 1876, to the United States 
Senate, as against a leader recognized as the strongest and 
most powerful, with the single exception of the then Gov. 
Tillman, of his faction, all conspired to his election in 
1892 to the State senate without opposition. 

In this capacity he served for four years, and took a 
commanding part in the deliberations of this body of 
able lawmakers, being a member of the judiciary com- 
mittee and chairman of the finance committee. He be- 
came an expert upon the finances of the State, and prob- 
ably had a more intimate acquaintance with them than 
any man of his day. His energies were chiefly devoted 
to giving the State an efficient and economically admin- 
istered government and in providing for the improve- 
ment and extension of the educational facilities of the 
people. 

The capable and disinterested services of Judge Finley 
in the State senate began to make a most favorable im- 
pression upon those who kept in touch with public mat- 



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ters. The liberality and broadmindedness of his attitude 
upon all questions, State or national, the soundness of 
his economic views, the genuineness and breadth of his 
sympathy for the people, with his fearless independence 
of action and disdainful disregard of factional demands, 
constituted his peculiar equipment for larger public serv- 
ice. It was largely his conservatism and his independence 
of thought that brought him into favorable public no- 
tice. His conduct fitted in with the psychology of the 
situation. He was constantly displaying qualities desired 
by the people. After nearly 10 years of factional intol- 
erance and bitterness, they were beginning to tire of it 
and to seek a leadership promising a saner and broader 
representation of their will. Partisanship, while still 
strong among the leaders, was rapidly subsiding among 
the voters, who seemed to realize that the destiny of the 
State depended upon the reunion of its white people, and 
that a house divided against itself must surely fall. Un- 
der such circumstances it was but natural that those who 
had watched his course should seek to induce Judge Fin- 
ley to seek higher honors and a field of larger responsi- 
bility and usefulness. 

In 1891 he first became a candidate for the Democratic 
nomination for Congress against the incumbent, Dr. T. J. 
Strait. In this contest he was defeated. Two years there- 
after he again BOUghi congressional honors, but was again 
defeated by Dr. Strait, but by a largely decreased majority. 
His home county, York, in both of these contests gave him 

heavy majorities, and in the meantime his circle of ac- 
quaintance in the other counties of the district was widen- 
ing. Defeats did not cool his ardor or slacken his effort 
On the contrary, they seemed to stimulate his ambition 

and nerve his determination to win. Without murmur, he 
bowed to the will of the people, and with characteristic 
Optimism assured his friends and admirers that these 

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Address of Mr. Lever, of South Carolina 

were only temporary reverses which were necessary pre- 
liminaries to final success. His next effort brought the 
coveted victory, when, in 1898, he was elected to the 
Fifty-sixth Congress. 

Immediately upon his entrance into Congress he set 
himself with commendable zeal to the task of preparing 
himself for the accurate discharge of the large and oner- 
ous duties incident to a proper representation of his dis- 
trict and State in the councils of the Nation. With that 
purpose he familiarized himself with the rules of parlia- 
mentary procedure. While giving intelligent considera- 
tion and careful attention to the larger problems of the 
Nation, he did not neglect those smaller matters of pecu- 
liar and especial interest to his immediate district. With- 
out unduly pressing himself forward, he began to be more 
and more known as a man of splendid information and 
safe judgment. He rarely engaged in debate, although he 
was no mean antagonist in forensic combat 
• Early in his experience it became clear to him that to 
be of any real service in congressional work it was neces- 
sary to be a specialist along some particular line of effort. 
The work of Congress is so big, its problems so varied, 
that no individual can hope to master them all or even to 
have more than a casual understanding of them. The 
successful Representative selects a specialty and makes 
himself an authority upon it. 

Judge Finley's wide reading and marvelously retentive 
memory gave him a broader information than is ordi- 
narily possessed by the average Member of Congress, and 
yet he soon began to specialize in his work. The Postal 
Service at this time seemed to offer the best field for use- 
ful work, and after he became a member of the Committee 
on the Post Office and Post Roads he devoted himself with 
conspicuous ability and assiduousness to the work of this 
committee and to the enlargement and increased efficiency 



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of the Postal Service. His most effective work for the 
country, especially for his own district and State, was ac- 
complished as a member of this committee, of which, at 
the time of his death and for several years preceding, he 
was the vice chairman. His realization of the importance 
of the work of this committee and of the opportunity for 
service which came from membership upon it caused him 
to resign the chairmanship of the Committee on Printing 
of the House in order to continue his chosen work through 
the Post Office Committee. He was a powerful factor in 
committee and on the floor of the House in shaping postal 
legislation, because he was known to speak with authority 
upon such undertakings. Probably no man in the House 
during his time had a more comprehensive grasp of the 
Postal Service than he had. Certainly none had a keener 
interest in extending postal facilities to all the people 
than he. 

In the very inception of the system of rural delivery he 
became its able and untiring advocate and his contribu- 
tions to the inauguration and development of this system 
must be regarded as his chief contribution to the welfare 
of the people of this country, a contribution which entitles 
him to the lasting gratitude of the rural population of the 
United States. The delivery of mail at the door of the 
country man, rich and poor alike, is a service the pro- 
found and far-reaching influences of which upon country 
life — and that means, after all, the life of the Nation — can 
not be estimated. 

The rural delivery system might be defined as the imi- 
v< rsily of the country man and country woman, of the 
Country boy and country girl, and to have had an oppor- 
tunity to assist in the development of such a system is to 
have been in that decree a benefactor of the race. With- 
out disparagement <>f any of the instrumentalities <>t edu- 
cation which arc doing so much for tin- enlightenment of 

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Address of Mr. Lever, of South Carolina 

the people I believe it safe to assert that the influence of 
all of them combined is less than that exerted by this new 
system of bringing rural life into intimate daily contact 
with world events. Judge Finley recognized this and de- 
voted the larger part of his congressional life to insuring 
the permanency and success of the system. In all truth it 
can be said that no Member during the past 18 years con- 
tributed more than he in this direction, and if he had done 
nothing further during all his long service this alone 
would give him a conspicuous place in the legislative his- 
tory of the country; for, after all, history must measure 
public servants not so much by what they say as by what 
they accomplish for the good of the people. 

To enter into even the briefest discussion of Judge Fin- 
ley's record in this body would be inappropriate. This 
must be left to the biographer, who shall more fully 
analyze the character and service of this distinguished 
Carolinian. The highest evidence of the success of his 
work is to be found in the fact that for 10 successive terms 
he was elected to represent the people of the fifth con- 
gressional district of South Carolina in these Halls, and 
each time by a majority which must have been very grati- 
fying to his friends and immediate relatives. If he had 
lived until the 4th of March of this year he would have had 
an unbroken service of 18 years in this House, which is 
a longer service than has ever been given to any other 
man who has represented South Carolina in this body. 
To no ordinary man would have been vouchsafed this 
continued evidence of the confidence of the people. 

Judge Finley was far above the average in intellectual 
force and equipment, and at the same time possessed in an 
extraordinary degree those qualities of heart without 
which the most brilliant man must be accounted a failure. 
Considerate of the rights of others, of unquestioned in- 
tegrity, thoughtful in his personal relationships, coura- 

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geous and manful in the discharge of his every obligation, 
private and public, beautifully loyal in his friendships 
and in Ins home life, he was just the type of man not only 
to command the respect, but to win the love and admira- 
tion, of those with whom he came in daily contact. He 
was as jealous of the integrity of his word as is a woman 
of her good name. Deception had no part in his make- 
up; candor was a predominant characteristic. He had the 
gift not only of making friends, but of holding them ever 
thereafter, and no Member of this body in my time was 
held in higher regard by its membership than was he. 
There are only a comparatively few left of those who be- 
gan their service with him; many of them have gone back 
into the ranks of private life, many have passed over the 
river into the world beyond. The few that remain join 
with us, if not in words, in spirit, in the willing tribute of 
love and esteem we now pay to our departed fellow 
worker. 

When death called him on January 26 Judge Finley 
was prepared to answer the summons. As he lingered in 
the shadows his trust was in the Shepherd of Shepherds, 
and in his last conscious moments he repeated: 

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He lcadeth me 
beside the still waters. 

He restoreth my soul; lie leadeth me in the paths of righteous- 
ness for His name's sake. 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, 
I will fear DO evil; for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy stall 
they comfort me. 

Thou prepares! a tabic before me In the presence <>f mine 
enemies; Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over* 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my 
life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. 



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Mr. Aiken. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
Members have leave to extend their remarks on the life, 
character, and public services of the late Representative 
Finley until March 4. 

The Speaker pro tempore. Is there objection? [After 
a pause.] The Chair hears none. 

Monday, February 26, 1917. 
The committee informally rose; and Mr. Houston hav- 
ing taken the chair as Speaker pro tempore, a message 
from the Senate, by Mr. Crockett, one of its clerks, an- 
nounced that the Senate had passed the following reso- 
lutions : 

Resolved, That the Senate express its profound sorrow on 
account of the death of the Hon. David E. Finley, late a Member 
of the House of Representatives from the State of South Carolina. 

Resolved, That the business of the Senate be now suspended in 
order that fitting tributes may be paid to his high character and 
distinguished public services. 

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate a copy of these reso- 
lutions to the House of Representatives and to the family of the 
deceased. 

Also: 

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of 
Mr. Finley, Mr. Tribble, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Moss, the Senate do 
now adjourn. 



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Friday, January 26, 1917. 

A message from the House of Representatives, by D. K. 
Hempstead, its enrolling clerk, communicated to the Sen- 
ate the intelligence of the death of Hon. David Edward 
Finley, late a Representative from the State of South 
Carolina, and transmitted resolutions of the House 
thereon. 

The Presiding Officer. The Chair lays before the Sen- 
ate the following resolutions of the House of Represent- 
atives, which will be read. 

The Secretary read the resolutions, as follows: 

Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of 
the death of Hon. David Edward Finley, a Representative from 
the State of South Carolina. 

Resolved, That a committee of 18 Members of the House, with 
such Members of the Senate as may be joined, be appointed to 
attend the funeral. 

Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms of the House be authorized 
and directed to take such steps as may be necessary for carrying 
out the provisions of these resolutions, and that the necessary 
expenses in connection therewith be paid out of the contingent 
fund of the House. 

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. 

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect this House do now 
adjourn. 

In accordance with the foregoing resolutions the Speaker ap- 
pointed as the committee on the part of the House Mr. Clark of 
Missouri, Mr. Lever, Mr. Aiken, Mr. Byrnes of South Carolina, 
Mr. Whaley, Mr. Ragsdale, Mr. Nicholls of South Carolina, Mr. 
Moon, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnhart, Mr. Blackmon, Mr. Good- 
win of Arkansas, Mr. Mann, Mr. Steenerson, Mr. Madden, Mr. Kahn, 
Mr. Britt, and Mr. Wason. 

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Mr. Tillman. I send to the desk the following resolu- 
tions and ask that they be read. 

The resolutions (S. Res. 331) were read, considered 
by unanimous consent, and unanimously agreed to, as 
follows : 

Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow the 
announcement of the death of Hon. David E. Finley, late a Repre- 
sentative from the State of South Carolina. 

Resolved, That a committee of six Senators be appointed by the 
Vice President to join a committee appointed on the part of the 
House of Representatives to take order for superintending the 
funeral of the deceased Representative. 

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to 
the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the 
family of the deceased. 

The Presiding Officer, under the second resolution, ap- 
pointed as the committee on the part of the Senate Mr. 
Tillman, Mr. Smith of South Carolina, Mr. Ashurst, Mr. 
Vardaman, Mr. Walsh, and Mr. Fernald. 

Mr. Tillman. Mr. President, I move, as a further mark 
of respect to the memory of the deceased, that the Senate 
do now adjourn. 

The motion was unanimously agreed to; and (at 5 
o'clock and -48 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until 
to-morrow, Saturday, January 27, 1917, at 11 o'clock a. m. 

Wednesday, February I't. 1917. 
Mr. Tillman. Mr. President, I desire to give notice that 
OD Saturday, the 24th of February, immediately following 
the memorial exercises relative to the death of the late 
Representatives Brown and Moss, of West Virginia, 1 
shall ask the Senate to consider re solutions in tribute to 
the memory of David EDWARD FlNLEY, late a Memher of 
the House from the State of South Carolina. 






Proceedings in the Senate 



Wednesday, February 21, 1917. 

Mr. Kern. The Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Chil- 
ton] gave notice that on Saturday, the 24th instant, he 
would ask the Senate to take action touching the life, char- 
acter, and public services of the late Representative Wil- 
liam G. Brown and the late Representative H. H. Moss, 
of West Virginia. Later the Senator from South Carolina 
[Mr. Tillman] gave notice that he would ask the Senate on 
the same day to take action regarding the death of the late 
Representative Finley. 

The Presiding Officer. If the Senator will pardon the 
Chair, it is desired that he shall ask that the service also 
include memorial addresses upon the late Representative 
Tribble, of Georgia. 

Mr. Kern. I will also include memorial addresses on the 
late Representative Tribble, of Georgia. The Senators I 
named asked me to request unanimous consent that the 
Senate meet on Sunday, the 25th instant, at 2 o'clock in 
the afternoon, to consider resolutions on the death of 
these deceased Representatives. 

The Presiding Officer. Is there objection? 

Mr. Jones. What was the request? 

The Presiding Officer. The request was that the Senate 
hold memorial services for certain deceased Members of 
the House of Representatives on Sunday, the 25th, at 2 
o'clock p. m. Without objection, it is so ordered. 

Sunday, February 25, 1917. 

The Senate reassembled at 2 o'clock p. m., on the ex- 
piration of the recess. 

Mr. Tillman. Mr. President, I ask that the resolutions 
of the House of Representatives on the death of the late 
Representative Finley, of South Carolina, be laid before 
the Senate. 



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The President pro tempore. The Chair lays before the 
Senate the resolutions from the House of Representatives, 
which will be read. 

The Secretary read the resolutions, as follows: 

Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended, 
that opportunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon. 
David E. Finley, late a Member of this House from the State of 
South Carolina. 

Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory 
of the deceased and in recognition of his distinguished public 
career, the House, at the conclusion of these exercises, shall stand 
adjourned. 

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
Senate. 

Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the 
family of the deceased. 

Mr. Tillman. Mr. President, I offer the resolutions 
which I send to the desk and for which I ask immediate 
consideration. 

The President pro tempore. The resolutions submitted 
by the Senator from South Carolina will be read. 

The Secretary read the resolutions (S. Res. 373), as 
follows: 

Resolved, That the Senate expresses its profound sorrow on 
account of the death of the Hon. David E. Finley, late a Member 
of the House of Representatives from the State of South Carolina. 

Resolved, That the business of the Senate be now suspended in 
order thai fitting tributes may be paid to his high character and 
distinguished public services. 

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate a cop] of these reso- 
lutions to the House of Representatives and to the family of the 
ised. 



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Address of Mr. Smith, of South Carolina 

Mr. President: David Edward Finley was born Febru- 
ary 28, 1861, in Trenton, Ark. He was the son of David 
M. Finley and Elizabeth Mcllwaine Finley. Though he 
was born in Arkansas, yet he was in every sense a native 
South Carolinian. His parents had moved from South 
Carolina to Arkansas, and when young Finley was 2 
years old his parents returned to York County, which 
was their native county and which county was the home 
of the Congressman during his entire life. 

Like most southern boys of that period, Mr. Finley's 
opportunities for education were meager. His primary 
education was received in the public schools of his native 
county. He attended the law school of the South Caro- 
lina University, from which he graduated in 1885, when 
he began the practice of law in York County. He mar- 
ried October 9, 1889, Miss Elizabeth L. Gist, of York, a 
member of one of South Carolina's oldest and best fami- 
lies. He was elected to the South Carolina Legislature 
as a member of the house and served one term of two 
years. In 1892 he was elected State senator, in which 
capacity he served two terms. In 1898 he was elected to 
Congress from the fifth district and served in this capacity 
until his death. At the time of his death he was the rank- 
ing Member of the South Carolina delegation in Congress 
in point of service, having been reelected for his tenth 
consecutive term, the longest continuous service of any 
Congressman ever elected from the State of South Caro- 
lina. He had opposition in his candidacy for election and 
reelection, but was always returned with a substantial 
majority. 

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During the early part of Mr. Finley's political career 
the conditions in South Carolina were such as to test the 
qualities of character. The test proved the moral and 
intellectual integrity of Congressman Finley. Partisan 
spirit was at a white heat and passion was rampant, 
yet amidst it all Finley maintained his equilibrium — his 
sense of the right proportion of things — and he moved 
steadily along the line of his own conception of what 
was just and what was right. He was identified with 
what was then known as the reform faction, yet he did 
not allow his desire for reform or his association with 
the leaders of the reform faction to sway him from what 
he conceived to be the real mission of the reformer; what 
he conceived to be good in the reform movement he 
championed with his characteristic coolness and persist- 
ence, and what of good in the opposition, either as to 
principle or men, he unhesitatingly recognized. There 
were dramatic incidences wherein he played a marked 
and heroic part in this memorable era of our State's 
history. 

He appreciated fully the highest and noblest of the old 
regime, and did not hesitate to grant it a part in the new 
system of reform that he sought with others to inaugurate. 

Mr. Finley would not be characterized as a brilliant 
man, but his character was of that type which, perhaps, 
in the storm and stress of life is more useful in the git at 
structure of State and society. 

As ;i Member of Congress he served his Stair as a na- 
tional legislator ;is he had served her as a Stale legislator, 
with that same persistent adherence to his conception of 
right and duly. 

He was the living embodiment of democracy; in his 
personal, social, and political relations he was democratic 
to the core. 



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Address of Mr. Smith, of South Carolina 

Our first acquaintance and association was while he 
was a student of law at the University of South Carolina 
in the law department and I was a student in the aca- 
demic department. 

My association as friend and coworker with Congress- 
man Finley is one of the treasured memories now of my 
life; he gave me his sympathy and support when I came 
to Washington as a Member of the Senate. He set an 
example w T orthy of emulation in his moral integrity, his 
intellectual independence, and his political manhood. 

The State and Nation are richer for having had the 
strong character of David Edward Finley to live and act 
for both. 



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Address of Mr. Weeks, of Massachusetts 

Mr. President: If the Members of the Congress of the 
United States had no other association with each other 
than the formal and impersonal proceedings of its daily 
sessions, death might levy a heavy toll and still fail to 
make us fully realize our loss. But, fortunately, a large 
part of our daily task is performed in the smaller confines 
of the committee rooms, where the individual Members 
are brought closer together and are given the opportunity 
to learn a man's true character and worth. It was through 
this medium, while a Member of the House of Representa- 
tives, that I came to know the loyal qualities and the high 
and patriotic principles of our late colleague, David Ed- 
ward Finley. 

I served for four years with Mr. Finley upon the Com- 
mittee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and during that 
period of intimate contact with him from day to day I be- 
came increasingly aware that in him the State of South 
Carolina possessed one of its ablest sons and the Nation 
one of its most faithful workers. 

As I look back over that period I can think of no man 
who had a clearer conception of the unlimited possibilities 
to be found in the proper development of the Nation's 
great Postal Service, and Mr. Finley made it his principal 
work in Congress. The advancement of the rural and city 
mail-delivery systems, the adoption of the parcel post, 
greater consideration and better pay lor the postal em- 
ployees — all of these steps being forward — and many 
others which have been made during the past decade have 

had behind them the understanding mind and the efficient 

energy <>f the late Member from the Palmetto Slate. 
Knowing, as 1 do, bow great and sincere a part be played 



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in bringing these things to pass I do not hesitate to say 
that the farmer, the business man, the manufacturer, and 
the " folks at home," whose comfort, success, or mere con- 
tentment depends upon the efficiency of our postal facili- 
ties, each of them alike, owes a debt of gratitude to David 
Edward Finley. In his passing they have lost a faithful 
and forceful servant. 



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Address of Mr. Robinson, of Arkansas 

Mr. President: Considering the circumstances which 
attend congressional labors it is not surprising that every 
year records the death of many Members of both Houses. 
The last 10 years have brought a manifest change in 
the membership of Congress. Formerly the Senate was 
composed almost entirely of elderly men, and the same, 
in a less degree, was also true of the House of Representa- 
tives. Now, however, a considerable number of the Mem- 
bers of both Houses is composed of comparatively young 
men, who, if they lack the discretion and wisdom which 
at lend experience and age, enjoy the vigor of youth. Not- 
withstanding this, the death rate among Congressmen is 
said to be increasing. 

Prior to the beginning of the last decade conditions here 
afforded to Members of Congress fair opportunities for 
recreation. The subjects dealt with were well defined and 
the sessions were comparatively brief. The details of con- 
gressional labor have multiplied until it is impossible for 
a Member of Congress to personally and deliberately per- 
form the duties which claim his efforts. 

New governmental activities and agencies have broad- 
ened the sphere of congressional tabor. We are con- 
stantly creating bureaus and extending the domain of Fed- 
eral legislation, until the whole system has become top- 
heavy. The presentations of requests from constituents 
touching applications for patents, claims, pensions, and 
pardons are alone Bufflcienl to engage the entire time of a 
Senator or Representative. Add to this the committee 
work which we -ill perform, the duty of attendance upon 

the sessions of the respective bodies to which we belong, 



Address of Mr. Robinson, of Arkansas 

and the frequent and repeated requests of our deserving 
constituents for appointment to office and promotions in 
the Government service, and it is not surprising that many 
break down under the strain of overwork. On account of 
the large membership of the House, committee work there 
is very much better distributed than in the Senate. Mem- 
bers of the House of Representatives now have, as a rule, 
only one important committee assignment. In the Senate 
every Member is overwhelmed with committee work. I 
know some Senators who devote, on an average, six hours 
per day throughout every session to committee work 
alone. This condition lowers the standard of service here. 
The prevailing system of congressional labors compels 
confinement and produces anxiety and worry, resulting in 
ill health to some and in death to others. 

David Finley died in the full splendor of manhood. He 
was vigorous, comparatively young, and filled with a love 
of life and a sincere devotion to duty. South Carolina has 
given to the Nation many men of distinction, some of 
whom will be honored as long as this Government en- 
dures. The Pinckneys, Calhoun, and Haynes are justly re- 
garded as among South Carolina's most brilliant sons and 
the Nation's most loyal patriots and statesmen. South 
Carolina probably has other sons more brilliant and ver- 
satile than David Finley, but there never served in Con- 
gress a more sincere, well-balanced Representative than 
he. Mr. Finley did not seek notoriety or fame. He was 
content to perform his duty without display and with a 
simplicity of manner truly admirable. 

Some Senators and Representatives have obtained na- 
tional reputation because their names have been asso- 
ciated with important acts of Congress, when, as a matter 
of fact, the real labors connected with the legislation for 
which they obtained the credit were performed by others. 
It is well understood among us that every great legislative 



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act in recent years has been the result of the combined 
labors of the working members of the committee from 
which the measure was reported. Some Senators and 
Representatives have led the agitation for specific legisla- 
tive reforms and to them justly has been ascribed the 
credit which their efforts have earned. But in many in- 
stances important acts of Congress have been named for 
committee chairmen, who, by virtue of their positions, 
have been permitted to report bills which, in fact, often 
represent no more of their thoughts and efforts than of 
others. Mr. Finley never sought, never desired, credit 
for the acts or thoughts of others. He deservedly enjoyed 
the unlimited confidence and affection of his people. His 
home life, his devotion to wife and children, forcefully 
illustrated his kindly and affectionate nature. 

On a beautiful Sunday, the 28th day of January, 1917, 
the occasion of his burial, a committee of Senators and 
Representatives visited York, S. C, the home of Congress- 
man Finley, to attest the honor and esteem in which his 
character is held by the Congress. A great concourse of 
people, representing every condition in life, assembled to 
pay the tribute of loving sorrow to his memory. I learned 
from conversations with many of his old-time neighbors 
and friends that Mr. Finley was universally regarded as a 
faithful friend, a devoted husband and father, a just man, 
and an efficient Representative. His distinguishing char- 
acteristics were generosity and hospitality. On even,' 
hand we observed the evidences of his contribution to the 
material and moral progress of the people who honored 
and trusted him, and who loved him as few public men 
are loved by their eonslitueiils. 

Throughout his prolonged political career Mr. Finley 
enjoyed many intimate and enduring friendships. These 

Constitute a true basis for Usefulness and happiness. 



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Address of Mr. Robinson, of Arkansas 



Somewhere I have read lines attributed to Daniel Web- 
ster, lines which are said to be his only effort at poetry, 
entitled: 

THE MEMORY OF THE HEART 

If stores of dry and learned lore we gain, 
We keep them in the memory of the brain. 

Names, things, and facts, whate'er we knowledge call, 

There is the common ledger for them all. 
And images on this cold surface traced 
Make slight impressions and are soon effaced. 

But we've a page more glowing and bright, 

Whereon our friendships and our loves to write 
That these may never from the soul depart, 
We trust them to the memory of the heart. 

There is no dimming, no effacement there; 

Each new pulsation keeps the record clear. 
Warm, golden letters all the tablets fill, 
Nor lose their luster till the heart stands still. 



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Address of Mr. Fernald, of Maine 

Mr. President: It is fitting and appropriate that the Sen- 
ate cease from its labors for a brief period to pay a trib- 
ute of love and respect to a deceased Member of our Con- 
gress, and a coworker — David Edward Finley, of South 
Carolina. 

It was not my privilege to have a personal acquaintance 
with Mr. Finley, although honored by the President of the 
Senate in the selection to be one of the company who 
should attend the funeral of this distinguished public man 
and lay him to rest in his native State. 

The men who come here are chosen from every section 
of our great country, and the community of labor gives 
opportunity for affinity to exercise its influence, and selec- 
tion of associates and friendships are made without ref- 
erence to party affiliation. Friendships are formed here 
winch will be a source of comfort and satisfaction to the 
end of our lives. We value these associations highly. 

Now and then there comes here a man to whom all look 
with affectionate regard — such a man was Congressman 
Finley. He was kindly, frank, generous, manly, obliging 
to all, ever ready to give assistance when it was in his 
power to do so, having a great regard for loyalty to his 
convictions, to which he firmly adhered. 

As a Member of the Congress he was capable of the full- 
esl discharge of his duties, unerringly performing every 
duly committed to his care in an honest, courteous, effi- 
cient manner. Such B man is B great loss to his State and 
to the Nation. 

Hut it is in the home circle that he will the most be 
missed. I wish it were in my power to say one word that 

would lend comfort to the sorrow-stricken wile and Fam- 

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ily, but I know how vain it is to attempt to gild a grief with 
words or try to assuage a pain with any expression of 
sympathy. We only know that all who live must die, 
and each must be brave enough to meet what all have met. 
We can not say whether the good-by here is not good 
morning there, or whether the night here is not somewhere 
else a dawn. Hope lures us ever onward — 

Where the faded flowers shall freshen, 

Freshen never more to fade; 
Where the shaded sky shall brighten, 

Brighten never more to shade. 

Where the sun blaze never scorches, 
Where the star beams cease to chill; 

Where no tempest stirs the echoes 
Of the wood, or wave, or hill. 

Where no shadow shall bewilder, 

Where life's vain parade is o'er; 
Where the sleep of sin is broken 

And the dreamer dreams no more. 



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Address of Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina 

Mr. President: David Edward Finley, the man whose 
loss we are all lamenting and to whose worth and charac- 
ter so many have paid tribute, was my friend of many 
years. I became acquainted with him first while I myself 
was governor of South Carolina and he was a member of 
the legislature in 1891, and we were friends until his death. 
We were friends, I say; for, while a political revolution 
was in progress when I first knew him, he never lost his 
independence of thought and action. I was the leader of 
the reform movement, a political upheaval that, beginning 
about 1886, rocked South Carolina for some 30 years. 
Finley was in sympathy with the aims of the reformers, 
but he never did surrender his freedom of mind. He was 
not afraid of adverse majorities, but stood manfully for 
his own ideas, even when they seemed to spell disaster to 
his personal fortunes. He was not merely my political 
follower, he was infinitely more — he was my friend. 

We have four counties in South Carolina — York, Lan- 
caster, Chesterfield, and Chester — originally settled by 
English people. These early settlers were afterwards 
joined by pure Irish and Scotch-Irish. Finley was of this 
mixture of British nationality, and possessed the best 

characteristics of all of them. His sturdy independence 

and individuality everywhere compelled respect, while his 

suave and pleasant greeting and manner toward all. high 

and low, rich and poor, won him their love and friend- 
ship, so that when he grew to manhood and entered public 
life he won his way upward and onward without any 

break in his long career, having never been defeated in 

his county for any ollicc he asked his people to give him. 



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Address of Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina 

He always carried York County, his home, by large ma- 
jorities. Impulsive and direct in everything he ever said 
or did, his neighbors knew and trusted him. 

A lawyer by profession, he early interested himself in 
legislative affairs, being a member of the South Carolina 
house of representatives in 1890 and 1891 and of the State 
senate from 1892 to 1896, which latter office he relin- 
quished to represent his native State in the Fifty-sixth 
Congress. From that Congress until his death a few weeks 
ago his service here was continuous. As a lawyer he was 
painstaking and accurate; as a Representative and legis- 
lator he was careful and conscientious, always placing the 
interest of his constituents, his State, and his country far 
beyond his own, showing in the highest degree the spirit 
of service and fidelity to the common good. Such charac- 
teristics and rugged adherence to the faith of the fathers — 
upon which faith is founded government " of the people, 
by the people, for the people " — made his career in the 
public service useful and effective. 

Useful as was his service here, however, it was in his 
private life, in his relations as a husband, father, and 
friend, that his light shone brightest. Loyal and faithful 
and honest as the day was long, Ms life was ever an open 
book, and he will be long remembered as a fearless, stal- 
wart, noble gentleman, and " to live in the hearts of those 
we loved is not to die." 

I shall not attempt to enumerate the many good and 
worthy things accomplished in his life of usefulness in the 
public service. My tribute is a personal one, though I do 
not undervalue his splendid work. He has crossed to the 
Great Beyond. God rest his spirit! 

So when a good man dies, for years beyond our ken 
The light he leaves behind shines on the paths of men. 



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Mr. President, I move the adoption of the resolutions. 

The resolutions were unanimously agreed to. 

Mr. Chilton. Mr. President, I move, as a further mark 
of respect to the memory of Mr. Finley, Mr. Tribble, Mr. 
Brown, and Mr. Moss, that the Senate do now adjourn. 

The motion was unanimously agreed to, and (at 4 
o'clock and 5 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until 
to-morrow, Monday, February 26, 1917, at 11 o'clock a. m. 



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